Best of the Best
Baseball Great Series, Book 3
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2011
Lexile Score
790
Reading Level
3-4
ATOS
4.8
Interest Level
4-8(MG)
نویسنده
Tim Greenناشر
HarperCollinsشابک
9780062012562
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
Twelve-year-old Josh has two things going on in his brain: playing baseball and dealing with his parents' imminent breakup. While he tries to keep his head clear as he attempts to lead his team to the Little League World Series, the thought of his family splitting hangs over him. So he and a friend devise a plan to try to keep his folks together. Green's story breezes along in brisk chapters, and his narration is just as fun. He differentiates voices creatively: Josh's friend, a girl who aspires to be a writer, is given articulate diction and a Southern lilt. Josh's best pal on the team has a husky "big lug" kind of voice. Josh's father's voice resonates with a stern, deep tone that is consistently recognizable. M.B. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
April 1, 2011
Gr 5-8-As this installment opens, Josh LeBlanc's father is in the process of abandoning his family for femme fatale Diane Cross. It is eventually revealed that he has also become involved in her sketchy gas-drilling lease operation, endangering future earnings from a lucrative Nike contract he secured in a previous book. Phenomenally talented Josh, meanwhile, has been chosen to join an all-star Little League team that he hopes to lead to the national championship. In a transparently artificial plot device, the 12-year-old is assigned Diane's son, Marcus Zamboni Cross, as a roommate. Zamboni is a nasty piece of work who taunts Josh, smokes cigarettes on the sly, and flicks boogers to express his disdain for the world at large. He undergoes a change of heart (and personality), however, when Josh gives him some tips on improving his game. Incredibly, Zamboni agrees to help unmask his divorced parents' plan to cheat Josh's father. While fans will enjoy the sports action and the interaction between Josh and series characters Jaden and Benji, they may well be put off by the adult themes.-Richard Luzer, Fair Haven Union High School, VT
Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
February 15, 2011
Another episode in the life of 12-year-old baseball phenom Josh LeBlanc, introduced in Baseball Great (2009). While still a superstar on the field, off the field Josh has problems. His father is investing money from Nike in what seems like a questionable deal, and the realtor, perky Diane, is turning his father's head with more than real estate. As his parents' marriage falls apart, Josh and his good buddy, Benji, are finagled onto a local team with a chance at winning the Little League World Series. His dad still wants to be his coach, but Josh is rebellious and frustrated with him. Compounding his woes are his demanding lawn-mowing business, trying to support his mother and little sister in this hard time and the need to stay on top of his game. His best friend, Jaden, a girl with dreams of becoming a reporter, helps out. Plenty of baseball-insider detail and knowledge of the game is imparted as the run to the championship unfolds. The slightly dishonest proceedings that allow both boys to play parallel the equally suspect shenanigans in the adult world. The money involved in sports, even at the kid level, is carefully emphasized, as is the pressure to win. Ethics in sports lifts this above the usual sports saga. (Fiction. 10-14)
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